Brassiere



June 27, 1944. Y IBUJDossY l 2,352,367

BRASSIERE Filed Aug. 10, 1942 Patented June 27, 1944 I y UNITED -sTATEsPATENT OFFICE Ilona Bujdosly. Los Angeles, Calif. Application. mt10,1942. Suid N0. 454,347 V 2v Claims.

My invention relates to bust supports or brassires whereby adequate andproper support is aiforded and interference with the normal movement ofthe muscles under the arms and adjacent the breasts will be preventedwith the result that a natural and more youthful appearance will becreated or retained. y

'Ihe invention has for its object the provision of a brassire wherebyproper uplift or support for the breasts is provided and the wearersbody or muscles at `the sides of the breasts and beneath the arms leftunha-mpered and free of encircling bands or supporting straps which tendto crowd or press the flesh and muscles upwardly into unnatural andundesirable folds. The invention also has for its object the provisionof a brassire requiring a minimum of material in construction; abrassire which affords full body freedom and hence avoids binding orchailng; a ,brassire which is especially adapted for wear with low-cutor evening gowns without being exposed.

The aforementioned objects and advantages as well as other advantagesinherent in the invention will all be readily comprehended from thedetailed description of the accompanying drawlng wherein- Figure 1 is afront elevational view of my improved brassire.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the brassire as applied to the body.

Figure 3 is a side view when applied to a body.

Figure 4 is a rear view of a body illustrating the position of thefastening straps.

Brassires as heretofore constructed involved comparatively wide chestcovering or main body portions formed with breast receiving cuppedportions; the main body portions' extending beyond the breasts andbeneath the arms of the wearer, with the extended portions connected atthe rear to shoulder-straps which are secured to 40 the top of the bodyportion while the rear ends are secured to a suitable body encirclingstrap or belt. l

My improved brassire as exemplified in the drawing consists of thesubstantially semi-circular .members or supporting sections l0, Ill madeof substantial fabric. The sections I0, i arepreferably separately cutand sewed together at the center. as shown at Il, Figure 1, namely atthe point of the brassire which fits between the breasts of the lwearer.In order to reenforce and stiften the supportingsections l0, I0 andassist in maintaining the contour, I prefer to provide them with thespaced arcuate rows of stitches as cured together so that the outer endsI3 will terminato a distance removed from the arm-pits of the wearer asshown in Figures 2 and 3.

In order that the foundation or main portion o! the brassire consistingof sections lll, Il may adhere or flt more or less snugly against thewearers body and also produce the desired uplift effect and support forthe breasts, I preferably provide each section I0 intermediate its endswith a dart as indicated in dotted lines at Ill in Figure 1. The upperand the lower edges of the foundation sections I0, I0 are each cut tosubstantially deiine segments of concentric circles. The darts are ofinverted V-shape and cut up- -wardly fromthe lower edges of the sectionsIl, Il, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The severed edg are then drawn andsewed together causing the lower marginal portions of the sections I0,.I0 to fit snugly against the wearers body slightly beneaththe breasts,while the upper marginal portions cup outwardly, as shown at I0, inconformance with the curvature of the breasts and afford the desiredsupport therefor. With the portions i0, Il made as described no improperpressure at the base of the breast will be exerted nor chang producedbecause the foundation portions Il, I0 will conform to the bottomcurvature of the breasts at a juncture with the body and will uplift orsupport them.

The upper arcuate and outwardly curving marginal portions of thesections Il, lll are each provided with the more or less conical pocketsor bust cups Il, I4, made of light weight and preferably transparentfabric or material and the lower half, namely the portion shown providedwith a number of substantially radially disposed darts ll, preferablyreenforced by the addition of a more substantial fabric.

The body sections Il, Icare formed or cut so that the united inner endsbetween the breasts do not extend much above the transverse center lineof the cups Il, I4, see Figures 1 and 2; the upper edges of these endsare preferably cut somewhat arcuately to provide a curving juncturebetween the breasts; the body sections l0, Il preferably being formed soas not to extend to the tops of the cups i4, I4. Ihe inner ends of thesections Ill, namely the web portion between the breasts, is shown witha dart at Il* in order to shape the intermediate part of the brassire tothe body.

The cups M, Il, at their upper edges, are each formed to slope to apoint substantially in alignment with the apex of the cup and have theshown at I2. The sections lli, ill are cut and seshoulder straps i5secured thereto. The shoulder straps il are preferably of elasticmaterial and are of isumcient length to extend across the shoulders ofthe wearerand downward at the back adjacent the sides, see Figures 3 and4; and the lower ends of the shoulder straps i5, It are each sewed tothe lower end of a band i6. The bands it are preferably of elasticmaterial and united to the lower ends of the shoulder straps I! which,with the bands I6 preferably are buttoned or otherwisely secured toagirdle or to an elastic waist belt Il. When the belt is secured inplace, ya downward pull on the shoulder straps II and a diagonallydownward and rearward pull on the bands i6 will be exerted and thefoundation and cup portions willgbe maintained in close contact with thebody.

The bands IB. as more clearly shown in Figure 3, extend slopingly upwardfrom the lower ends of the shoulder straps It, namely substantially inradial alignment with the apices or centers of the pockets or cups it,with the upper ends of the bands i8 secured to the foundation sectionslil, it at a distance removed from the free or outer ends of saidsections; for example, say two and a half inches removed from the endsi8 of the sections I0.

The bands i8 designed and arranged as shown and described maintain thefoundation i8, i9 in snug relation with the lower sides of the breastsand provide extra support and uplift action to the WhatIclaimis:

1. A brassire comprising a pair of breast receiving cups tapering towardthe top above the breasts; breast supporting portions secured to thelower edges and adjacent sides of the cups, the .breast supportingportions consisting of substantially semi-circular strips unitedintermediate the l cups with the outer ends terminating substantially atthe transverse center lines of the cups. said strips being of uniformwidth to adapt them to iit beneath the breasts with their lower ledlesconforming to the body of the wearer while the upper edges conform tothe outward curvature of the breasts to afford upright support therefor;shoulder straps' secured to the upper apex portions of the cups adaptedto extend across the bust-line while at the same time eliminating theundesirable effects produced by brassires as haretofore constructedwherein the ends of the brassier-.e were made to extend beneath the armsof the wearer or were provided with bands which extended more or lesshorizontally about the 'sides' and beneath the arms of the wearer andforced the flesh or muscles upwardly adjacent the arms,

cut evening gowns at present in vogue without i:

permitting undesirable exposure thereof.

The exemplication shown and described is believed to be the bestembodiment of the inven tion, but modifications may be possible without,

however, departing from the spirit of my invenl tion as defined in theappended claims.

shoulders and downwardly adjacent the sides to the waist of the wearer;downwardly and rearwardly extending bands secured to said breastsupporting portions at a distance removed from the free outer ends ofsaid supporting portions with the lower ends of said bands connectedwith the lower ends of the shoulder straps; and waist encircling memberto which the lower ends of the shoulder straps and said last mentionedbands are secured.

2. A brassire comprising a pair of conical shaped breast receiving cups`whose upper portions are formed with upwardly sloping edges whichconverge above `the breasts substantially adjacent the vertical medianlines of the cups; a breast supporting member cut to provide twosubstantially serai-circular portions of uniform and comparativelynarrow width united at their inner ends between the breasts in a flatweb portion, the upper edges being cupped outwardly and secured to thelower edges of said cups and adapted to fit beneath the breasts toprovide uplifting support therefor, while the lower edges conform to andeffect snug relation with the body below the breasts, said breastsupporting member terminating at the sides substantially in the plane ofthe transverse median line of the cups shoulder straps secured to theconverged upper edge of each cup and extending downwardly adiacent thesides to the -wearers waist; downwardly4 and rearwardly disposed elasticbands secured to the lower edge of the breast supporting member at adistance removed from the outer ends thereof so as to exert a diagonallydownward pull at each end of the brassire, said bands extending tothelower ends of the respective shoulder straps; and a waist encircling4baud to which the lower ends of the shoulder straps and the lower endsoi said elastic bands are connected at the rear of the wearers body.

YLONA BUJDOSSY.

